Category: Economy and Markets
Sri Lanka shares barely changed, heavy trading in Indian Oil unit
Sept 05, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan share indices closed barely changed with heavy trading seen in LIOC, the local unit of Indian Oil Corp., as its earnings outlook improves on falling oil prices, brokers said. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 The All Share […]
Sri Lanka to collect decades old taxes with new law
Sept 04, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka would bring in a new law to collect taxes going back more than half a century from individuals, companies and corporations, a government official said. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 The new law which has already been […]
‘s conflict-hit and the poor under World Bank focus
Sept 04, 2008 (LBO) – The World Bank will help Sri Lanka build infrastructure and boost economic services to communities marginalized by an internal conflict and the poor, a top official has said at the conclusion of a visit to the island. “Sri Lanka clearly has so much potential which is being held back by […]
Sri Lanka shares end firmer, heavy trading in Dankotuwa
Sept 04, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan shares indices ended slightly firmer largely owing to gains in Dialog Telekom but turnover was low although there was heavy trading in Dankotuwa Porcelain, brokers said. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 The All Share Price Index went […]
Sri Lanka shares weaken, Indian Oil unit gains as oil prices fall
Sept 03, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan shares fell again Wednesday with the local unit of Indian Oil Corp (IOC) gaining as its earnings outlook improves on falling oil prices, brokers said. The indices were dragged down mainly by the fall in Dialog Telekom, which ended down 25 cents at 10.75 rupees with 314,100 shares […]
Sri Lanka Treasury bill yields fall
Sept 03, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasury bill yields fell at Wednesday’s auction with 6-month bills falling 26 basis points to 17.75 percent, and 12-month yields fell 10 basis points to 18.50 percent, the government’s debt office said. Three month bills were not offered. The debt office, which is a unit of the central […]
Sri Lanka looks for drug resistant bugs
Sept 04, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is starting a survey to find bugs that are resistant to antibiotics, and also standardize testing, a pharmaceuticals giant that is funding the project, said.To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 “Epidemiological information on resistance patterns is scarce in […]
Sri Lanka shares becalmed, investors chase Bogala Graphite
Sept 01, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan shares ended hardly changed Monday with retail investors who had been playing with property stocks turning their attention to Bogala Graphite, diving its price up sharply, brokers said. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 The All Share Price […]
Sri Lanka to sell US dollar bonds
Sept 01, 2008 (LBI) – Sri Lanka will sell 70 million dollars of 2-year bonds which pays interest every six months, on an auction basis for which subscriptions will open on September 08, the government’s debt office said. A 70 million US dollar ‘Sri Lanka Development Bond’ tranche is maturing on September 22, which will […]
Sri Lanka shares sag, profit taking on property stocks
Aug 29, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan shares ended weaker Friday with the indices pulled down by losses in heavyweight telecom counters and profit taking seen in property stocks that rose on speculation, brokers said. Several stocks in the land and property sector had been heavily traded in recent days with their prices swinging sharply. […]
‘t print money for wars or subsidies
Aug 29, 2008 (LBO) – A central bank should not relax monetary policy (print more money) to increase employment, or finance wars and subsidies, because inflation, which is worse than terrorism, would be the result, a top Sri Lankan economist said. Economic analysts have pointed out that inflation and foreign exchange shortages became a problem […]
Sri Lanka August inflation falls to 24.9-pct
Aug 29, 2008 (LBO) – Consumer prices increases in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo fell to 24.9 percent in the 12-months to August from 26.6 percent in July, government statistics showed.Sri Lanka’s Central Bank has kept monetary policy tight from the beginning of the year under a strict reserve money targeting regime, which was further […]